Alessio and Spratt earn event-high salaries at "Free for All" event

John Alessio and Pete Spratt headlined the MMA portion of this past Friday’s “Free for All: A Night of Combat” event, and the two UFC veterans also scored the largest fight purses from the June 20 event.

The event, a Banner Promotions production, took place at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Approximately 18,000 free tickets were distributed for the show, which featured five MMA fights and four boxing bouts.

The total disclosed MMA payroll for the event was $35,000.

The total disclosed boxing payroll was $36,000, led by main event fighters Friday Ahunanya and Alonzo Butler, who each earned $10,000.

The full list of disclosed MMA salaries included:

John Alessio ($10,000) def. Pete Spratt ($10,000)

Kim Rose ($1,000) def. Kim Couture ($1,000)

Dave Jansen ($4,000) def. Dennis Davis ($5,000)

Kui Gonsalves-Kanoho ($1,000) def. Ricky Johnson ($1,000)

Brice Ritani-Coe ($1,000) def. Rob Mitchell ($1,000)

The full list of disclosed boxing salaries included:

Friday Ahunanya ($10,000) def. Alonzo Butler ($10,000)

Kevin Burnett ($4,000) def. Horace Ray Grant ($4,000)

Grzegorz Kielsa ($2,500) def. Alvaro Morales ($2,500)

Jonte Willis ($2,000) def. Clarence Tillman ($1,000)

Unlike most MMA events, no “win” bonuses were issued to the fighters; all competitors were paid a flat, “to show” fee.

Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any other “locker-room” or special bonuses organizations sometime pay. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

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